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The Weather Page: Comparing Data

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students analyze data from maps. In this comparing data lesson plan, students use comparative and superlative statements to draw comparisons among the weather in different American cities based on USA Today weather maps.
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CHARTING THE COURSE

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students uses atlases, maps, and Web resources to determine the distance, driving time, and amount of money they need to make the trip (estimates should include hotel/motel stays, meals, and souvenirs).
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Changing Images of Childhood in America: Colonial, Federal and Modern England

For Teachers K - 4th
Students compare and contrast maps of New Haven, Connecticut from today and the past. After taking a field trip, they draw sketches of the types of architecture and discuss how the buildings have changed over time. They read journal...
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Geography Skills

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice their geography skills. In this geography skills instructional activity, students locate, plot, and label places on maps and globes.
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Indianapolis Government

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read about a girl who takes a trip during the time of the State Capital moving to Indianapolis and then write their own essay about a trip that they took. In this Indianapolis Government lesson plan, students use maps and...
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The Global Grid System-World Map Activity

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students demonstrate how to use the global grid system. In this map skills lesson, students use a world map to locate various locations. Students identify locations based on the global grid system. Students complete a worksheet as an...
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The Underground Railroad

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the Underground Railroad routes. In this map skills and Civil War lesson, students use map and globe reading vocabulary and skills to track the routes the slaves followed from the Bahamas to the United States and from...
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Quadrilaterals

For Students 5th - 6th
In this quadrilateral worksheet, students use the street map of quadrilaterals to answer the six different questions. Students locate various parts of the street map as quadrilaterals.
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Continents and Oceans

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this geography learning exercise, students read a paragraph and learn about the seven continents and five oceans of the world. Students study a map of the world and answer 12 short answer questions. This is an online interactive...
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Ancient Mediterranean Lands: Greece

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study maps and structures of Ancient Greece and realize how these structures impact times. In this structures lesson plan, students view the structures of how Ancient Greece was put together and discuss how these structures...
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Introduction to the Globe

For Teachers K - 4th
Students investigate how to use a globe. In this map skills activity, students define what a globe is and locate the various continents on the globe. Students are also asked to locate the four oceans on the globe.
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Globe Skills Lesson 5

For Students 6th - 11th
In this map skills worksheet, students read a text selection about locations during the American Revolution and then respond to 8 fill in the blank questions.
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Globe Skills Lesson 1 Some Early American Cultures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers apply their knowledge of geography. In this geography skills lesson, students read brief selections regarding early Americans. Middle schoolers respond to the questions included in the self-guided map skills lesson.
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Sheets Island Archipelago

For Students 5th - 8th
In this Sheets Island activity, students read about the controlling of the Sheets Island, look at a map of it, and answer short answer questions. Students answer 4 questions.
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The Extent of Alexander's Empire

For Students 7th - 12th
In this ancient empires worksheet, students read an article about Alexander the Great and then respond to 7 short answer questions.
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Let's Take a Trip!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders plan trip for family of four, and choose best travel plan by studying maps, considering different routes, and visiting Web sites to get airline and travel schedules.
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Go Bananas! (Lesson One)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research the historical and present movements of bananas. Using maps, they locate the countries in which the fruit is grown and identify common characteristics between the banana-growing countries. They also trace the movement...
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Exploring the Past: Mayan, Aztec, and Incan Civilizations

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan Civilizations and identify contributions they made to modern society. For this ancient civilizations lesson plan, 5th graders look at maps of where they were located.
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Spreading Kindness All Around

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students donate items to organization to demonstrate kindness. In this kindness lesson plan, students read many books and discuss how the characters in each one demonstrate kindness, and then they themselves donate to charities.
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Jerusalem: The Holy City

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Jerusalem learning exercise, students respond to 9 short answer questions about the holy city after they read the attached reading selection about the city.
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The Call of the Wild

For Students 5th - 6th
In this The Call of the Wild worksheets, students use questions to help them use them actively read and increase their reading comprehension for chapters one through seven in the book.
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Night of the Twister

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners use reading strategies for Night of the Twister. In this reading strategies lesson, students name five major catastrophes and books about each. Learners complete a vocabulary section, make inferences and predictions, read the...
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A Taste of Blackberries

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a shared reading of Doris Buchanan's, A Taste of Blackberries. They read about grief in the loss of a best friend and examine the skills of a responsible family member.
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The Ghost Catcher

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the story The Ghost Cather and complete activities related to the book. In this language arts lesson plan, 2nd graders complete comprehension questions, art projects, and more.

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